Do You Hug Hello and Goodbye?
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (43)
United States
July 25, 2025 6:38am CST
My family didn't grow up being physically demonstrative. We didn't hug hello and goodbye.
Hubby's family hugs hello and goodbye.
I don't mind hugging sometimes but it has to be somebody I WANT to hug and not just because it's their "thing."
Gen Z is tired Baby Boomers hugging hello. They fear germs and are all around "consent" to physical touch. They invented the fist bump.
Where do you stand on hugging hello and goodbye to friends or family?
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7 responses
@xFiacre (13982)
• Ireland
22h
@looeyville I’m not an habitual hugger or kisser. Our year living in Paris was one long series of mostly unwanted embraces. Parisians tend to kiss 4 times - on the cheek just. We called at my brother’s house one night and he had 6 friends in - that meant 28 kisses were planted on me in quick succession. I felt molested. And they were all ill-shaven men so my wife got beard rash.
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@LindaOHio (195774)
• United States
Just now
I'm a big time hugger. My husband was not demonstrative at all. Never got used to that.
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@snowy22315 (193376)
• United States
20h
Not generally, but good bye with family yes
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@Marilynda1225 (85507)
• United States
20h
My family are big huggers and we do hug hello and goodbye. Even though my grandkids are all Gen Z they do hug this old grandma 
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@Ineeddentures (11803)
•
13h
I am not a hugger.
No hello hugs
No goodbye hugs
I particularly dislike hugging people with are having an emotional breakdown or are drunk.
